/*
 * Copyright (C) 2009 Leandro de Oliveira Aparecido <lehphyro@gmail.com>
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package com.google.code.japa.repository.query.loader;

import java.util.*;

import com.google.code.japa.repository.query.*;

/**
 * Loader of queries run against the repository.
 * 
 * @author Leandro Aparecido
 * @since 1.0
 * @see com.google.code.japa.repository.query.RepositoryQueryParameters
 */
public interface RepositoryQueryLoader {
	/**
	 * Executes a query using the given parameters.
	 * 
	 * @param <T> Type of the entity returned by the query.
	 * @param parameters Parameters to execute the query.
	 * @return List of entities returned by the query.
	 */
	<T> List<T> load(RepositoryQueryParameters parameters);
	
}
